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Research On Alienation Of Power From The Perspective Of Ahrendt’s Totalitarianism

Posted on:2014-05-31Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:D GaoFull Text:PDF
GTID:2256330425952039Subject:Foreign philosophy
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Totalitarianism is the path which can enter Hannah Ahrendt’s political philosophy,and also it’s an important part of Arendt political philosophy research, moreover, it’s an academic focus in contemporary political philosophy, it has a profound critique and reflects for contemporary political predicament. This article is in accordance with the Arendt’s "the origins of totalitarianism" as the main text. Basesd on interpretation of her totalitarian theory, this article is in the view of power alienation to re-examine the internal logic of the totalitarian and the reality of the various characteristics,moreover, manifestations of the theory of totalitarianism, through critical social problems which caused by the totalitarianism, reflects that how to transform from the totalitarian political to democratic politics.The article is divided into three parts. The first part analyses the process of historical logic of power alienation, from unity of history and logic point of view,I analyzes that how anti-semitism as the historical prototype of power alienation changes into imperialism which was the history of the development.and eventually become totalitarianism. The second part describes the forms of power alienation of totalitarianism, the alienation of power performs the alienation of power carrier and the alienation of power operation. The alienation of power carrier performs a political organization lack of the political ethics, therefore benevolence is restrained, everyone is a political robot that has the feature of "the banality of evil" without thinking, and the lack of the concept of "who", led to the non worldliness organization form at last; the alienation of power operation performs the political terrorist and propaganda, the secret police spread everwhere.The third part summarizes the political disastrous effect of power alienation, its performs ruction of the individual and the public community, that leads to non progress of government operation mode and the political system, the end result is that human civilization appeared historic retrogression. The fourth part discusses that Ahrendt strives to seek a road to salvation of changing totalitarian power of alienation, in order to save the contemporary political astray with the catastrophe of human society,and will make the totalitarian political swerving to democratic politics.
Keywords/Search Tags:Arendt, Totalitarianism, Power Alienation, Political Philosophy
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